SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?59%Requires improvement
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Infection prevention and controlSome shortfalls
Involving people to manage risksSome shortfalls
Learning cultureSome shortfalls
Safe and effective staffingSome shortfalls
Safe environmentsSome shortfalls
Medicines optimisationGood
Safe systems, pathways and transitionsGood
SafeguardingGood
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?58%Requires improvement
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Monitoring and improving outcomesSignificant shortfalls
Consent to care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Delivering evidence-based care and treatmentSome shortfalls
Assessing needsGood
How staff, teams and services work togetherGood
Supporting people to live healthier livesGood
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?75%Good
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Independence, choice and controlGood
Kindness, compassion and dignityGood
Responding to people's immediate needsGood
Treating people as individualsGood
Workforce wellbeing and enablementGood
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?71%Good
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Person-centred careSome shortfalls
Care provision, integration and continuityGood
Equity in accessGood
Equity in experiences and outcomesGood
Listening to and involving peopleGood
Planning for the futureGood
Providing InformationGood
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?54%Requires improvement
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Governance, management and sustainabilitySignificant shortfalls
Capable, compassionate and inclusive leadersSome shortfalls
Freedom to speak upSome shortfalls
Learning, improvement and innovationSome shortfalls
Shared direction and cultureSome shortfalls
Partnerships and communitiesGood
Workforce equality, diversity and inclusionGood
Percentages are CQC scores from its newer way of assessing homes. ?
CQC scored 33 standards: 19 good, 14 below good. Use “See the breakdown” on each key question for its standards. ?
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
CQC's register shows no registered manager for this home. Every care home must have one. The home may be recruiting, or a new manager may be applying to CQC. ?
Cedar Lodge Nursing Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 54 other homes in Birmingham.
77% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Cedar Lodge Nursing Home is a 36-bed nursing home in Birmingham, run by United Care limited. CQC registers it to look after older people, people with dementia, people with a physical disability, people with a learning disability or autism and people with a sensory impairment. The typical home in Birmingham has 16 beds, so this one is bigger than average.
There is no registered manager on CQC's register right now. In Birmingham, 77% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Oakwood Care Home, 0.2 km away, is the closest home rated Good. United Care limited runs 2 care homes, and 1 of the 2 rated are Good or Outstanding.
The current CQC rating is Requires improvement, published in February 2026. Safe, effective and well-led were also Requires improvement. For caring and responsive, the rating was Good. Before that, in November 2019, it was rated Good. Ratings in Birmingham are typically about 7 years old, which makes this one newer than most. Of the 33 standards CQC scored, 14 fell below good. The lowest was “monitoring and improving outcomes” (significant shortfalls).
